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January 2021
The BAFFA Beat Goes On
Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts (BAFFA) 47 Gillette Avenue Sayville, NY 11782 January 3, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The newest of The BAFFA Beat Goes On series of videos is an introduction to the BAFFA Art Gallery and the individual artists and arts groups who exhibit there. An introduction by Gallery manager, Ellen Stoll, is followed by slides highlighting past shows by various art groups (PALS, Women Sharing Art, Bell Street Artists, Pola Lanzaro and Students) and shows…
Find out more »Walt Whitman Birthplace Association presents: ‘For you whoever you are’
WWBA is delighted to present “‘For you whoever you are’: Transcribing Whitman Manuscripts Online By Democratic Crowdsourcing” with Barbara Bair. Join us for this exciting discussion! Barbara Bair discusses getting up close and personal to Whitman’s creative process by participating in the Library of Congress By the People Walt Whitman online crowdsourcing project. Learn how to try your hand at transcribing Whitman’s words from his drafts and musings, or review transcriptions of Whitman’s handwritten and printed works from the Library’s…
Find out more »Huntington Arts Council Presents Conversations in the Arts: Jazz
Hollis A. King, Creative Director Julie Lyon, Jazz Vocalist Tom Manuel, President/Founder, The Jazz Loft Moderator: Dan Bilawski, Educator & Drummer 2020 - 2021 Conversations in the Arts is a program developed to stimulate and promote the arts and has been very successful in doing so. Each month we bring together artists and scholars from our community and create a dialogue, exploring ideas and encouraging collaborations. It has been interesting to share experiences, hear opposing views, and opinions on each…
Find out more »Ian Fennelly: The Journey of Looking in Watercolour and Pen
Firefly Jan Guarino brings us Ian Fennelly from across the pond!!! Class suitable for all levels of experience. Register at www.thefireflyartists.com for this next adventure in our Firefly Zoom Watercolor Masters Series! Embark on a creative journey painting our own beloved Village of Northport with world-renowned Artist, Teacher and Urban Sketcher, IAN FENNELLY, who loves to record the experience of being in a busy place. Ian will guide you in looking at the visual features: The big shapes, the colours…
Find out more »Huntington Arts Council Presents Arts Administrator Forums:
Arts Administrator Forums is a quarterly roundtable for not for profit arts administrators and educators. The Forums provide the opportunity to explore strengths and challenges of the field, exchange information, encourage collaboration, develop connections and foster a network on Long Island. These events will feature established and emerging leaders in arts administrator fields and focus on topics that present challenges to non-profit arts programs today. Please save the following date for the 2020-2021 schedule: April 20. Check huntingtonarts.org for additional information…
Find out more »Huntington Arts Council Presents Arts Administrator Forums: Building Equity and Social Justice through the Arts
Arts Administrator Forums is a quarterly roundtable for not for profit arts administrators and educators. The Forums provide the opportunity to explore strengths and challenges of the field, exchange information, encourage collaboration, develop connections and foster a network on Long Island. These events will feature established and emerging leaders in arts administrator fields and focus on topics that present challenges to non-profit arts programs today. Check huntingtonarts.org for additional information regarding time and platform. Joysetta Pearce, Manager, African-American Museum of…
Find out more »The Art Guild presents: Call to Artists: The Painted Moment
The Art Guild invites all artists, high school and older, to submit artworks for consideration for “THE PAINTED MOMENT” a Juried Competition and Exhibition. What attracts you to paint a subject? Is it the light at that moment, the expression at that moment or the emotion you feel at that moment? We are accepting works that are inspired by a moment in time, including still lifes, portraits and landscapes. CRITERIA All styles from abstract to realism are welcome. All works…
Find out more »Art League of Nassau County
General Meeting of members of Art League of Nassau County held virtually.
Find out more »Huntington Historical Society presents Lunch & Learn Lecture Series – Long Island Golf, Phil Carlucci
Lunch & Learn series combines good food with Huntington and Long Island’s rich history. Each month features a different speaker covering a topic relating to our local history and includes a three-course meal at Black and Blue Seafood Chophouse. This month a discussion with author Phil Carlucci featuring 200 images that trace the sport's local history from its roots in Southhampton in the 1980's through the modern era.
Find out more »February 2021
The Art Guild presents Abstract Watercolor with Esther Marie
An exciting lesson exploring the power of color in abstract painting. Find inspiration in the shapes and hues of life or from images and use the familiar as a jumping off pointalism to abstraction. Paint to music and respond to the beats with color. Artists of all skill levels can find success in abstract watercolors by using color theory to express the intangible qualities of emotion and mood, while experimenting with different paint application techniques.
Find out more »Huntington Choral Society Spring Concert Season
The Huntington Choral Society continues in its virtual iteration as it moves into the Spring 2021 season. Zoom rehearsals begin on February 1st but late entrants will be accepted; no audition necessary. This spring’s theme is Americana, including selections from Bernstein’s Candide, Copland Folk Arrangements, Porgy and Bess, and several spirituals. HCS will also premiere a commissioned work from Long Island’s own Jennifer Tibbetts. The Choral Society hopes that they may return to in-person rehearsals sometime in the Spring with…
Find out more »The Art Guild presents Intro to Pet Portraits with Barbara Silbert
This online class is focused on creating a pet portrait in a realistic manner, working from your photo or one that will be supplied each week. These concepts will be explored: -Guidelines to help you sketch an accurate likeness -How to render fur or hair, body proportion, head and ear shape. -Use of light and shadow to convey personality and expression Class 1 & 2: Students will sketch in graphite pencil on sketch paper Class 3 & 4: Students will…
Find out more »The Art Guild presents Basic Drawing with Barbara Silbert
This class is for anyone who wants instruction on how to draw anything with shading and perspective. We will advance to still life with a vase and other objects, a barn in a landscape, and portraits. Though geared for beginners, experienced painters will also benefit from the tips on drawing, perspective and composition. SUPPLIES Drawing pencils 2B-8B, or soft charcoal pencils if you prefer. Bring a 9 x 12 drawing pad & a kneaded eraser. Colored pencils (optional)
Find out more »The Art Guild presents Intro to Pet Portraiture
The Joy of Sculpture: In this four-part series of classes (which is designed for all ages and skill levels), everyone learns sculpting techniques and creates original art pieces in any styles or themes of their choosing. Week 1: Clay 101 Students are introduced to sculpturing using air dry clay, basic tools, and their hands. Week 2: Mosaics 101 Students are taught how to make a mosaic using air dry clay and pieces of beads and tiny tiles. Week 3: Clay and Glass…
Find out more »The Art Guild presents Turning Blah into an Extraordinary Painting
The more you paint and the better you get the more you realize that ”the scene” is not always the main focus of your final painting. How many times have you been amazed at a beautiful and exciting painting of a single lemon or a plate of strawberries or a simple pond with one tree behind it. An average blah scene can be turned into an amazing painting if all of the painting elements are followed – design, color harmony,…
Find out more »Huntington Arts Council Presents Conversations in the Arts: Call to Community: Anti Racism and Inequality
Conversations in the Arts continues to be an engaging and increasingly popular program that we currently present via facebook LIVE. The premise of Conversations has always been to bring the community together with artists and scholars, providing an environment that supports and encourages collaboration and the exploration of ideas. This platform, where we can openly share diverse viewpoints, experiences and opinions, has been more relevant and valuable than ever. It is not important whether or not we agree or disagree;…
Find out more »Huntington Historical Society presents Weaving With Wine
In the era before the advent of factories, folks depended upon skilled weavers to take the flax and wool they had spin into yarn and turn it into clothing. To help folks experience what it was like to weave using manual looms, the Huntington Historical Society is offering a new program, “Weaving with Wine.” during the winter months, we will offer two-and-a-half hour (7pm – 9:30pm) introductory classes to Learn to weave on a table loom. At the end of…
Find out more »Huntington Historical Society presents Lunch & Learn Lecture series – Hissing Cousins: The Lifelong Rivalry of Eleanor Roosevelt And Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Lunch & Learn Lecture series combines good food with Huntington and Long Island’s rich history. Each month features a different speaker covering a topic relating to our local history and includes a three-course meal at Black and Blue Seafood Chophouse. This month's lecture is the story of the complex family ties and political battles that bound two of the most remarkable woman of the 20th century.
Find out more »Huntington Historical Society presents Lunch & Learn Lunch Series with Rhoda Miller
Lunch & Learn Lecture series combines good food with Huntington and Long Island’s rich history. Each month features a different speaker covering a topic relating to our local history and includes a three-course meal at Black and Blue Seafood Chophouse. This month's speaker, Rhoda Miller, will do a presentation and discussion of Long Island's rich and fascinating Jewish heritage explored from a historical and genealogical perspective.
Find out more »Fearless Watercolors – Virtual Classes with Jan Guarino
Painting different a subject matter each week from landscapes, seacapes, still lifes, florals and portraits. I will show you techniques that will allow you to feel free while holding onto detail, gain control, make corrections and have fun. Learn to trust your instincts with color and add contrast and allow blossoms, drips and splatters to work for you. $25 per class includes a 2+ hour class, critique and recording. Sign up for my newsletters to receive class updates on my…
Find out more »The Art Guild presents Oil Painting with Joan Stevens
This course will concentrate on bold and loose painting and having some fun. We could all use some of that about now! We will do still life and landscape painting. The focus will be on design and drawing first and then move on to value and color. When we are outdoors (weather permitting), we will be painting on the grounds of the picturesque Art Guild. There are hundreds of beautiful subjects there to paint. I will also set up one…
Find out more »Huntington Historical Society presents Lunch & Learn Lecture Series with Paul J. Mateyunas
Lunch & Learn Lecture series combines good food with Huntington and Long Island’s rich history. Each month features a different speaker covering a topic relating to our local history and includes a three-course meal at Black and Blue Seafood Chophouse. An afternoon with Gatsby! Travel back in time to the days of Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, learning about the real families and homes that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Find out more »Huntington Public Library presents: Huntington Camera Club meetings
The Huntington Camera Club meets every Tuesday evening from 7:30-9pm. Our purpose is to provide beginning and advanced photographers an opportunity to learn to improve their skills... meet with others interested in photography … and provide a forum for showing their photographs. Membership is open to everyone with an interest in photography regardless of their skill level. The Club offers instructional programming, entertaining multi-media presentations, judged competitions, outdoor field trips and other events. We continue to be very active during…
Find out more »Jan Guarino Fearless Watercolors – Virtual Classes & Workshops
These 4 week workshops start with one theme and build each week upon it. It will show you techniques that will allow you to feel free while holding onto detail, gain control, make corrections and have fun. Learn to trust your instincts with color and add contrast and allow blossoms, drips and splatters to work for you. All four weeks for $80
Find out more »Walt Whitman Birthplace Association presents: Book Release: Professor Kenneth M. Price, PhD presents Whitman in Washington: Becoming the National Poet in the Federal City
WWBA is delighted to welcome Professor & Co-Director of Walt Whitman Archive Kenneth M. Price, PhD, for a live Zoom discussion about his newly released book Whitman in Washington: Becoming the National Poet in the Federal City. Join us for an evening discussion exploring the evolution of Whitman’s writing while he worked as a government clerk and journalist, sat by the bedside of thousands of wounded soldiers, and observed the tumultuous effects of the Civil War while he lived in…
Find out more »Nassau County Museum of Art presents Feast for the Eyes
Feast for the Eyes, guest curated by Franklin Hill Perrell, explores how food has always inspired artists. Drawn from a wide variety of media, the exhibition offers viewers eclectic portrayals of food, restaurants, cafés, shops, parties and table decorations. Included are luscious depictions of food by artists such as Ben Schonzeit and Wayne Thiebaud, Berenice Abbott’s photographs of food-related sights in New York; Judith Leiber’s fabulous jeweled evening bags in fruit and vegetable shapes; as well as Al Hirschfeld’s famed…
Find out more »The Firefly Artists presents: Journey of Looking in Watercolour and Pen with IAN FENNELLY
SPACE IS LIMITED! Register at www.thefireflyartists.com for these next adventures in our Firefly Zoom Watercolor Masters Series! Classes suitable for all levels of experience. Back by popular demand, we will be exchanging artistic "visits" with our new "Paint Pal from Across the Pond" World Renowned Artist, Teacher & Urban Sketcher IAN FENNELLY. Book any or all five. Discounts on multiple classes! DATES AND THEMES: Back in January, we had a wonderful time painting our own beloved Northport. Desire to "return…
Find out more »Huntington Historical Society presents Lunch & Learn Lecture Series with John Barone
Lunch & Learn Lecture series combines good food with Huntington and Long Island’s rich history. Each month features a different speaker covering a topic relating to our local history and includes a three-course meal at Black and Blue Seafood Chophouse. Meet the author, John Barone and historian Alfred "Alfie" Kuntz as they share stories and photographs about the estate and the Caumsett Foundation and the Marshall Field III Gold Coast Estate.
Find out more »Hofstra University Museum presents “Let’s Explore” Backpacks
The Museum’s distinct “Let’s Explore” Backpacks offer activity-filled ways for children (ages 5-12) and adult companions to explore together the outdoor sculpture collection on the University’s beautiful campus. Children then create their own works of art to take home. Various backpack themes are available. Pick up all backpack and caper activity materials at the Emily Lowe Gallery during open hours year-round until 3 p.m. Return all backpacks by 4 p.m. and keep your completed works of art. All backpack activities…
Find out more »Suburban Art League presents 54th Annual Open Jury Show
Receiving on June 16, 2017 4pm to 7pm. Viewing on June 17,19,20,21,22,23, 10am to 4pm. Closed Sunday, June 18. Reception on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 7pm to 10pm. Removal Saturday, June 24, 2017 10am to 12pm
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